Mr Serge Lederman > De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés employs a cross-disciplinary practice, drawing on expertise from teams specialising in tax, public, compliance, corporate and IP law to provide full service assistance to a roster of major sports clients, including UEFA and the French Football Federation. Louis de Gaulle regularly appears in civil, criminal, administrative and arbitration matters in the sports space and Georgie Courtois harnesses IP and commercial law expertise to assist several clients in the context of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Serge Lederman notably assists the French Tennis Federation with various litigation matters, and Agnès Macaire has particular expertise in public-private partnerships and project finance. Smaïn Guennad is also noted.

With a strong soft IP team at the helm, De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés regularly represents clients in both civil and criminal IP litigation before French and European courts. The firm is noted for having a pan-European roster of clients and regularly handles copyright issues for clients based in other European states, a testament to the firm’s global reach. Leveraging their advanced technology tools to aid clients, the firm seamlessly interweaves its tax, competition, and employment expertise into its advisory work. The team is led by a pentad of pragmatic partners: Louis de Gaulle and Georgie Courtois, who also advices on agreement and licence negotiations, Julien Horn, a software and IT specialist, and Francine Le Péchon-Joubert and Serge Lederman, who remain stanchions for the firm.

The team at De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés retains its strong position in the market advising an impressive variety of clients, including high street fashion brands, sports federations, technology conglomerates and film companies. The practice regularly undertakes litigation, licensing, registration and IP portfolio management but also has expertise in criminal copyright and competition issues relating to the trademark and design space. Louis de Gaulle and Georgie Courtois have extensive experience representing clients at court level. Julien Horn focuses on technology-related IP and Francine Le Péchon-Joubert has expertise in contractual matters. Serge Lederman is also noted for his skill in litigation.